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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Esmerlyn Valdez hit his third home run of the day, and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 to sweep a doubleheader. The Pirates won the first game 7-6, as Valdez hit two home runs — including a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning — and drove in six runs. Bryan Reynolds singled in the go-ahead run in the sixth off rookie left-hander Shane Drohan, who allowed three runs and five hits over 6 1/3 innings. Mason Montgomery got his first save of the season and the second of his career.

LONDON (AP) — Linda Noskova is the latest in a long line of Czech women to win Wimbledon. The 21-year-old Noskova recovered from a second-set meltdown in which she wasted five match points to overcome Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in an all-Czech final for her first Grand Slam trophy. Noskova became the third Czech woman in four years to win the grass-court major after Marketa Vondrousova in 2023 and Barbora Krejcikova in 2024. Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was in attendance. As was the greatest Czech-born player of them all. Record nine-time Wimbledon champion Martina Navratilova looked on from the Royal Box where she was seated next to Kate, the Princess of Wales.

LONDON (AP) — Jannik Sinner returned to familair ground before overwhelming Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon semifinals on the Centre Court grass. The top-ranked players’ team says Sinner practiced on an indoor hard court two days before facing Djokovic. The decision by coaches Darren Cahill and Simone Vagnozzi enabled Sinner to regain the timing that has made him the strongest and most feared baseline player in the sport. Andre Agassi says on the BBC that Sinner “reminded himself just how much that ball can explode off his racket.” Sinner will face French Open champion Alexander Zverev in Sunday’s final as he attempts to defend his Wimbledon title.

The Khosla family ownership group, including Vinod Khosla, has entered into a formal agreement to purchase the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks. The announcement came Saturday from the estate of Paul Allen. The sale price is $9.612 billion, according to a person familiar with the deal. The person spoke to the The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal is still subject to approval by the NFL. The agreement remains subject to the approval by the NFL.